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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 25-08-22

Executive Summary:

  • President Joe Biden will kickstart the midterm campaigning season when he speaks at a rally in Rockville, Maryland today.
  • Election analysts are working overtime trying to recalibrate midterm forecasts after a string of special elections appear to have improved the political environment for Democrats.
  • President Biden targets young voters with a scheme to provide student loan debt relief.
  • Key figures within the GOP have drawn comparisons with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a strategy for blocking a nuclear deal with Iran.
  • Biden told reporters yesterday that he didn’t have any prior knowledge of the FBI plan to search former President Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.
  • President Biden will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today on the US arms package announced yesterday.
  • Poll of the Day: Special elections indicate that the SCOTUS Dobbs decision has changed the midterm outlook.


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